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A00733	A watch-word, or, The allarme, or, A good take heed A sermon preached at White-Hall in the open preaching place the last Lent before King Charles. By the R.R. Father in God T.F. the then bishop of Landaffe, now of S. Dauids.	Field, Theophilus, 1574-1636.	1628 (1628)	STC 10863; ESTC S118351	18,022	64

of the surfetted body wherein the soule lies buried Wee will allow it to be an instrument of the soule but a dull and vntoward one Corpus degrauat animam the body is a burthen to the soule saith the wiseman Sap. 9. 15. Bee it one of the essentiall parts of man 't is the worser the earthy and the brute part And here admire we with adoration and adore we with admiration the wisdome and power of God who vnited and ioyned toge-in so sweete and stable a yoke of marriage as it were two so vnsuitable things as are Heauen and Earth a Spirit and Flesh which flesh of ours through the taint of sinne like Iobs wife becomes a bosome enemie a trayterous inmate to our selues a broker and pander for Sathan I take it now as it is a cage of vncleane birds a foule denne of beastly lusts for being swept it is a temple of the holy Ghost 1 Cor. 6. 19 If we giue the body too much wee feede a foe If too litle we kill a friend It behooues vs therefore in a godly iealousie to beate downe this rebell flesh who like Platoes friend is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a changeable creature a very Camelion Sometimes so treacherous that Scriptures and Fathers cry out Crucifigatur crucifigatur let him be crucified Sometime so obedient that Saint Bernard restores her to her dowry and the right of a wife Amet S. Bernard Adam Euam suam Amet Anima carnem suam ita tamen amet vt non tota in carnem transeat Let Adam loue his Eue the soule her flesh but let her so loue it that she takes heede that shee become not altogether fleshly While shee is as Sarah was to Abraham and cals the soule Lord 1 Pet. 3. 6. she is worthy to be loued and cherished Yet take we heede that by fauouring of the body too much we effeminate not the soule Now if I should make an anatomie of this body I could discouer in euery limme in euery veyne and artery an Inlet for Sinne and Sathan The body is as tinder apt to be fired by euery spark the Deuil casts vpon it It is therefore requisite that this powder be kept in close vessels and that the passages be stopt according to the rule of Saint Gregorie Ad cordis S. Gregory munditiem sensuum disciplina seruanda est Clense the Limbecke of the senses lest thence some pollution drop into the soule The Arabians prouerbe is elegant Obstrue quinque fenestras vt luceat domus shut the fiue windowes that the house may be lightsome Attende oculis Take heed 1. Eyes to thine eyes that they looke not out to behold vanitie that they grow not red through lust and drunkennesse * Et dixit quidam Iuuenes habere in oculis 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 Pet. 2. 14. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Greeke signifies Girles and the pupils of the eyes S. Peter saw both together Eyes full of adultery The Eye is an Arch-traitour to the heart with whom it is of counsell yet keepes intelligence with the Deuill mans grand enemie blabs to Him his most secret and sudden thoughts thereby excites him to assault vs when we are at weakest and vpon his first assault yeelds vp our strongest Fort. Vntill Adam and Eue lusted with their eyes Sinne and Sathan entred Gen 3. 1. not their hearts An ill thought is brought forth growne vp and able to worke before one can say Take heed he that looketh vpon a woman lusteth after her euē in that cast of his Math 5. 28 eye hath already committed adultery What guard then is sufficient to set vpon these swift thoughts which like lightning blast and retire like thunder claps and strikes dead and all in an instant It is Gods goodnesse to vs that hath placed in the eye both the Malady and the Remedy Visum fletum the facultie of seeing and the sluce of teares vt qui delinquant vidende poeniteant plorando as one well notes that they who haue offended by seeing may be recouered by weeping Attende auribus The Eares are 2. Eares giuen vs to be conueyers of Faith and Conduit pipes of knowledge but wee make them impure tunnells to sucke in greedily 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the very dregs Ephe 4. 29 and lees of rotten communication which corrupt the manners and defile the soule of man learne of the deafe Adder to stop them Attende ori attende linguae Take 3. The Tongue Iam 3. 5 6. heed to thy tongue It is a wild beast world of wickednesse It sets on fire the whole frame of Nature It speakes ill of them that are in authority blurs innocency sets priuate men together by the eares disturbes the publike peace of the State The Portcullis of the Teeth and the Counter-scarfe of the lips are not sufficient to keepe in this vnruly member vnlesse with Dauid we daily pray Set a watch before Psal 141. 3 the doores of my lips that God heare vs which we haue need to doe vncessantly For the mouth though it be Lyra animata a liuing Harpe yet it is more apt to be a Babylonian dulcimer then an Instrument for the Songs of Zyon I might heere blocke vp the other Ports and pursue the rest of the Traytors but let it suffice that as in the suppression of a great Rebellion I shew the heads of the chiefe Rebels as it were vpon stakes And here I cannot passe by without looking into the Traitors vault the Heart The Heart as it is the Center of the 4. The Heart body is but a little lumpe of flesh and will scarsely serue a Kite for a breakefast yet all the world will not serue it to wander in there is such an endlesse maze of exorbitant desires in it it continually casteth vp sulphureous flames of lust and reuenge And which makes the malice and malady thereof more incurable that of the heart is a secret and subtile wickednesse vnsearchable to man himselfe or others The heart of the sonnes of men is full of euill and madnesse is in their heart Eccles 93. while they liue saith the wiseman Eccl. 9. 3. And againe Cor hominis Deo vt lutum figulo mans heart is in Gods hands as clay in the potters Wherevpon saith an ancient Father It is indeede lutum deo as stiffe and hard clay to God had neede of much tempering before it can be made conformable to Gods will But it is also Caro Doemoni a heart of flesh to the Deuill very pliable to any wickednesse he shall put it to or into it Should wee neuer see ill example should wee liue out of any outward tentation yet our owne heart in it selfe is so wicked that it would tempt vs to and teach vs all manner of wickednesse there is such a perpetuall spring of wickednesse there that without Gods speciall Grace we could not one minute of our life cease to doe wickedly in the

are the worst traitors the most dangerous enemies 'T is time to looke to our selues So that whether I looke on the place we stand in which is holy ground or the time we are met in which is the holy time of Lent or the face of Christendome which is mangled with selfe-giuen wounds and besmeared with her owne bloud or the persons before whom and to whom we speake or the importance of the message so neerely concerning euery soule here present in all these considerations Moses is a necessary Monitor and Remembrancer at euery mans elbow and eare with an Attende tibi a Take heed to thy selfe yea Behold a greater then Moses is here euen He by whom the Gospell came Christ Iesus the great shepheard of all our soules Solus verus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the only deliuerer of his people of whom Moses was but a Type The spirit of Deut. 18. 15. God in the mouth of Moses doth startle our dull and drowsie sences with an Attende tibi This my Text is to passe as a Watchword from one to another to which military forme of communicating the Watch-word the warlike Prophet alludes where hee saith Thy word runneth very Ps 147. 15. swiftly when the Watch-word is once giuen by the Generall 't is suddenly in euery quarter of the Armie Entertaine then this Text as a Watch-word from the Lord of hoasts ecchoed in the eares of all Israel by their great Leader Moses Take heed to thy selfe For our orderly proceeding rather in dispersing than diuiding this Text not long enough for a diuision for a Watch-word must be carried entire let your attention go along with me by the guidance of Gods holy Spirit I shall shew you three watches and wards implyed in Attende tibi The first is Attende corpori a strict guard ouer the body in appointing euery man to be the Squire of his owne body For as there is a body of sinne so there are sinnes of the body corporall vncleannesse and fleshly 2 Cor. 7. 1 lusts which are the Diuels Souldiers 1 Pet. 2. 7. to fight against the soule There is a fault in the Caske a rust of the Scabberd the body is but Vagina the Sheath the faculties of the soule are the weapons Scowre both for the watch and the warre The second is Attende animae the soules ward and this must be more carefully kept For by the sinnes of the body lust and drunkennesse men become beasts but by the sinnes of the soule Pride Enuie and such like men become Deuils The third is Attende Deo the watch on our bulwarke most carefully to be kept Our waiting vpon God which is requited with Gods watching ouer vs. This alone secures body and soule In vaine doe we trust our blinde skouts and drowzy Centinels except the Lord keepe our 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 our Citie and our Cinque ports Our first Watch may be called Custodia Carceris the second Custodia Palatij the third Custodia Templi The Watch is set and the watch word giuen Three Watches there were before we come to reuew them in order listen we a while to the two voices that excite vs to diligence in keeping this watch The first is Vox Naturae euery creature would preserue it selfe and by naturall instinct preacheth as it were this Text to man to euery man Attende tibi Take heed to thy selfe The Roe auoides the toiles by the quicknesse of her sight as S. Basil S. Basil saith being therefore called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Frustra iacitur rete ante oculos pennatorum surely in vaine the Prou. 1. 17. Net is spred before the eyes of any Bird. The Birds haue eyes to see and wings to escape the Springes And shall onely man like a tame foole run his necke into euery noose In vaine then hath God giuen him reason which flies beyond the swiftnesse of of any wing which sees beyond the compasse of any eye by reflection sees into it selfe The second is vox Gratiae the voyce of Grace and that riseth many notes higher Take heede to thy selfe take heede of thy selfe For man is turned rebell to God thereby become a desperate Asassinate to himselfe Nemo laeditur nisi a seipso no man takes hurt but by his owne fault Take heede of this looke to thy being looke to thy eternall being looke to thy soule the life of thy body and looke vp to God 〈…〉 the life of thy soule Ipse est 〈…〉 animae tuae for God is thy life 〈…〉 20 Deut. 30. 20. And here by the way let me poynt at the goodnesse of God and our owne benefit both are manifested in this watch-word Attende take heede On Gods part ther 's Gratia excitans A Grace stirring vs vp our benefit if we giue due attendance is Salus safety of state body and soule By nature we are careles and drowzy in matters of saluation like the Inhabitants of Laish wee lie open and secure Iudg. 18. 7. 1 Sam. 26. 7 yea like Saul wee are in a dead sleepe we may loose our armes our liues our soules before we awake It is a remarkeable art of Gods exciting Grace to goade vs in this lethargie to quicken euery man with an Attende tibi take heede to thy selfe This exciting Grace doth snatch vs out of the fire and water It called vpon Lot to auoyde that hell from heauen Ge. 19. 15. fire and brimstone It stirred vp Noah to prepare an Arke against the Gen. 6. 18. deluge and it still sweetely whispers in euery one of our eares Looke to thy selfe prepare an Arke now that God doth threaten an inundation of iudgement Euery passenger in a ship is to looke to himselfe the Pilote more especially to all Quis vtilem causae alienae S. Ambrose iudicet quem videt invtilem vitae suae Who will esteeme that man vsefull for another man that is not carefull for himselfe saith Saint Ambrose The Lion King of beasts and the Eagle King of birdes are most vigilant and circumspect Our Moses in the text stout as a Lion but meeke as a Lambe strong-tallond as an Eagle but innocent as a Doue is a paterne of a pious and a prudent Gouernour who lookes to the safety of Israel in state body and soule And when Moses doth call vpon vs to looke to our selues wee should bee ready to looke to Moses How forward ought all true Israelites to be to powre in their oyle for supply rather then the light of Israel should bee put out And so now I come to the three watches and first of Custodia carceris or corporis the watch ouer our bodyes Wee are here in the body as in 1. Custodia corporis a prison or darke dungeon Some lights or inlets we haue but they serue onely to let in sinne They more abase the body who will haue 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the body no better than 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Sepulchre which is trew